[ Setting: An islet with 360 degrees of open ocean. ]
ZELLA: My death was less painful than I thought it would be. When I hit the detonator the face of a woman staring at me with such sad eyes. In that moment, I felt bad about my mission but it was too late. They said my family would be taken care of, that I would be a hero, that I would go immediately to heaven. Are you taking me to my heavenly reward?
ALLEGENTIA: I am taking you to heaven and there are pleasures in heaven but not rewards for harming God’s children. You were deceived. Young minds are very pliable and can be manipulated to believe untrue things. You are going to heaven because you have redeeming qualities. You were earnest but gullible, sincere but misguided, zealous but immature. These positive values have insured your survival.
ZELLA: That is hard to accept. They told me it was God’s will to kill those who did not follow His law. Now you tell me they lied. I trusted my teachers. How could they do this to me?
ALLEGENTIA: Those who sent you to kill and die did so for political reasons. They disguised it as the will of God. Nonetheless, you are responsible for your decisions and consequences are inevitable. When that bomb exploded your soul shuddered. Doing God’s will is the highest motive we can have, but you will come to know, a great God would never use his children for destruction.
The universe journey is very long. You cannot change what you have done; but you can compensate for your error.
ZELLA: I believe you because you are an angel but I am so confused. How can I salvage anything from this terrible tragedy?
ALLEGENTIA: Your education was narrow-minded and mean-spirited. We will help you open your mind and see your true possibilities. You will be instructed in right thinking by trustworthy angels, not by self-serving humans. What you did and why you did it will be compared with other options you could have taken. You may not see the wisdom in the alternatives at first, but we will not give up on you. Nothing is ever forced upon those who seek the truth. Truly, there is never any coercion with any soul regardless of how blinded or stubborn they were. Freewill is basic to every person and sacred to us.
ZELLA: I want to apologize to that woman. Will I ever see her again?
ALLEGENTIA: You will. And later you will meet the people you hurt. You changed their lives forever. You will get to know them as sons and daughters of God.
Humans fail to see the larger perspective, some unavoidably but some purposefully. So much evil has been done due to misunderstanding about God, who he really is and what he really wants. All religions cling to some primitive ideas about God; they hold some true and good ideals he actually personifies. You were motivated to do what you did because you had such an incomplete and distorted idea about the very God you thought you were serving. God is Absolute Love. He never condones the taking of life or causing his children to suffer.
ZELLA: What a mess I’ve made. I am so sorry.
ALLEGENTIA: Even the greatest sin can be forgiven for the sincere of heart.